Maggie Thomas Murty & Emily Thomas Henry

This picture was taken around 1953-54 time at
N5677 17th Ave in the of Rose.  Maggie Ellen
Thomas was born April 2, 1869 to William John
Thomas (1828-1901) and Mary Elizabeth Williams
(1829-1883). Maggie married James "Jeff" Murty
 (June 22, 1860-Aug. 24, 1936). James tombstone
says he was born in 1861 but the US Census
records has him and his twin brother, Robert
listed in the 1860 census. They were married
April 29, 1888 in Wautoma.  They lived in the Town
of Mt. Morris until they moved to her parents
homestead on 17th in the Town of Rose in 1903. 
Their children were Rodney, Maty, Leo, Esther
Colligan, & Alice Simonson.  Leo died at 6 and
another daughter Florence died under a year old. 
Maggie preferred goat's milk so they had goats.
Maggie chopped the head off of a skunk with a
shovel. It was stealing eggs from the chicken coop
and she was not sprayed.  Maggie died May 12, 1958.
They were buried in Oakhill. Her sister Emily Ann
(Em" Thomas was born Jan. 28, 1858 in the Tow
of Rose,  She married Robert T Henry (1856-1928)i
n Chicago on Sept. 9, 1885.  Robert did the plaster
work in the Elisha Stewart house in April of 1884.
The Stewart house is part of the Wild Rose Museum. 
They had 4 boys: Guy, Carson, Ira & Otis.  Em died
Dec 24, 1954 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois where her son
Otis lived.